Combination tobacco pipe and igniter



Dec. 11, 1951 M. J. GREENBLATT COMBINATION TOBACCO PIPE AND IGNITER Filed Feb. 4, 1949 FIG. 5.

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M-J [31" e E'nblait n ormers Patented Dec. 11, 1951 PATENT O F 2,578,061

GOMBINATION'TOBACCO'PIPETAND' IGNITERI' Morris: J: Greenblatt, Jacksonville; Fla;

Appliation February '4, 1949; Serial No. .74,605' l 4 Claims*.. (Cl. 13.1,-185)1 This" invention relates-tosmoking de'vices com binedgwith igniters: An example'of such a device isa smoking pipe 901131013 with an igniter-portioncarriedthereby."

An important obj ect' ofthe invention is'topro vide' a-combination pipe and'igniter; thetwo being so constructed and related that'the-tobacco'may be readily ignited, when its upper surface is closelyadjacent the mouth of" the bowl or atvarious levels below the mouth ofthe'bowl; with out removing ,the igniterportion from the pipe bowl; which'supports the igniter-portion.

Another important object" is to provide-a smok ing" pipe having a" longitudinally-extending" row of" spaced-apart passageways or apertures" in its bowl, extending" from: theoutersurface of the bowl tothe tobacco-receiving chamber thereof; injcombination with amigniter-sli'clable longitudinally of the bowl and'jhaving a portionadaptedto' covergall or anyone ofthe passageways; this portion, in conjunction with the walls ofthe pas sageways, also retainingthe igniteragainst'acci dental movement longitudinally-ofthe bowl;

Still another; importantobj ect is to" provide an igniteresupporting tobacco pipe; having an aper tured closure for, the bowl and a: side" aperture'd bowl, the aperturesof the-closure andlibowl being adapted to permit the introduction 'of 'fireor-"a flame through' a-ny'cne of theminorderto ignite tobacco within-the bowl} no matter'what maybethe level 'ofthe tobacco'withinthe bowl.

Dcspite the; apertures mentioned; thei'tobacco is not apt to" drop accidently from thebowlof" this new pipe, irrespective of any position ofthe'- latter:

Otherobjects-and"advantages-of "the' invention will'be apparent' during "the course of thie folldw: inn-detaileddescription ofthe invention; takenin connection with the" accompanying" drawing; forming a part-ofthisdisclosure; and in'which drawing; i

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the new combination smoking. pipe andsi'gniter, with the igniter portionzinone of several positionswithlrespect to the bowl of the pipe portion.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the bowl of the pipe portion of Fig: 1* with theigniter removed.-:

Fig. 3 is a. horizontal section; substantially? on theline ,33 voiliig. 2.

Big; 4 is::a11 elevationof theigniter portiontas viewed'jfacingits bowl-contacting side.

' Fig: 5,is a verticalisectionroflthe bowl witlith-e igniter portionmostly inendelevation but part ly broken away in order-to reveal portions of the structure beneath the wall' 'of'the igniter-r Fig: Sis'a fragmentary horizontal section. of

the bowl with the ignited portion attached and,

2? shown inherizont'al section; substantially ch me; line ii -f Fig: 5;

In the drawing; wherein-for the purpose of il;- lustration: is shown a'- preferred embodiment oi the invention and wherein similar reference'cha'nacters design atecorresponding parts: throughout the several-views; theletter A' designates the com binationpipe and igniter; with the pipe== portion designated as-B and the ignite-r portion as C;

Thepipe portion B -includes a-conventional pipe stem m joinin a bowl" l i which may-comprise acontinuous wall 2"and base 13 defining 'aztoba ecochamber-- M5 The WaIl'lZ'has a n outer-face I5 andan inner face' i6 1 and a portion of th'e gen erally curved-facel 5 may be fiatt'enedto provide a longitudinally extending flat: surface l 1%- From the-surface I-l tot-heface lfiextends a plurality of ignitionpassageways or apertures- 18;

so that they extend' through the-wall i 2' and openv into the chalnberi i'z Theyare arranged in a row' extending longitudinally of 'the bowl; pref erablii asxin Fig. 2."

A- hinged closure-l 9 extends over the mouth of the chamber 44," being' suitably: hinged tm the bowl" and may be frictionally h'eld'in a mouth closing position as by: al -spring clip 29 carried 'by the closureand bearin'g against: the face:- i 5. o. Theclosure l 9ihas"-its'zupper'wall' 2i spaced above the mouth offthechamber 14 'and is' provided withi a depending; skirt 22 -with thefree edge of the l'at' ter restingrupon theend' ziof the wall- '12; The skirt: 22 1s. provided with a' plurality of spaced; apart air, flame andzsmoke passageways ;or:apeir tures'. 2 3;:

Theig'niter, portion Cjmayhavexmuch of? the general; construction; of conventional'fj so-called" cigarette lighteraincluding an open-endedhousie ingszfi'carrying a wick-2,6 andconventional means. 271 to-ignite: the wickto produce-a fire; There-is also provided. a closure ,28' for-"the? open endirbut it is prefernedto hingerthisz closuretoaone: end

housing is new 1 inconstruction.:; This; wall Lia-bis adapted ,to" slidably, engage stheziiatisurfacez l Toff the bowl: i I, and: with: the2b0W1, providesf'means 30 to permit sliding of lthe igniten-portion: C lone gitudinally; of: theabowl .asziwelh asv cloak-function means 3 i z to removably retain the igniter portion Giniivarious positions longitudinally of i the bowl;

This means has an additionalE'fun'ctionsasiwillbc.

subsequently explained. The conventional. fuel screiivtfor the igniter; fuel supply; is: shown: at i3 5,

with the i screw; head: at. ;36:. projecting; from: the

wall=34=ofpthe igniter;

Referringsmainlyto-Figs: 2 3 and :.6','the:means 3!! includes, thewwallsxoftwo 'slotsta32; extending longitudinally-sot th'ezbowl; converging :outwardly;

and;openingasinto;ztheesurface': l 1 adj acentethe twc.

junctures of this flat surface and the curved outer face I5 of the bowl I I. The slots 32 also open into the base I3 of the bowl, as in Fig. 5. The means 30 also includes a pair of tongues 33, also shown in Fig. 4, diverging outwardly from the wall 29 oi the igniter portion and adapted to be received in the slots 32 with a sliding fit, whereby the igniter portion C may be slid up and down along the bowl I I. The two tongues 33 are provided with spacedapart slots 36 for a purpose later detailed.

The means 3| is best shown in Figs. 4 and 6 and embodies, in addition to the walls at the outer mouths of the ignition passageways or apertures I8, a plate or elongated member 3! of somewhat springy metal carried by the wall 29 above the head 33 of the screw 35, and held in place by spaced-apart projections 38 extending from the plate 3'! into the slots 36 in the two tongues 33. This springy metal plate 31 is upset to provide, in the example shown, two shallow, outwardly-convex lugs or projections 39 adapted to engage the walls at the outer mouths of the ignition passageways or apertures I8 but the material of the plate is springy enough to allow the lugs or projections 39 to slip out of these mouths when the igniter portion 0 is manually slid longitudinally of the bowl I I. However, when one or more of the lugs 39 are in engagement with the mouth walls, the igniter portion cannot be accidenlally dislodged. At the same time, the two lugs 39 provide closures for two of the flame passageways or apertures 18 and the head of the screw 35 covers the other when the igniter portion 0 is positioned as in Fig. 5. However, when the igniter portion 0 is positioned, with respect to the bowl I I as in Fig. 1, the

uppermost of the ignition passageways I6 is uncovered and axially aligned with the general longitudinal axis of a flame or fire projecting from the wick 26 and drawn into this passageway. In other words, the flame or fire is substantially within the plane of the passageway. At this time,

the upper and second lugs 39 close the intermediate and lowermost flame passageways respectively. When the igniter portion C is positioned as in Fig. 5 and the closure 28 raised as in Fig. l,

the flame or fire will be drawn into one or more of the apertures or passageways 23 in the skirt of the closure I9. Thus, it is now obvious that the tobacco may be ignited in the chamber I4 no matter where the level of the tobacco may be.

Ignited particles of tobacco cannot drop from the passageways or apertures I8 if the igniter portion C is properly manipulated, the igniter portion C cannot accidently drop from the pipe portion B yet the igniter portion 0 may be manually removed, as for cleaning out the passageways I3, by sliding it downwardly. It provides a means to grasp the combination device A, as when the bowl I I is hot and when the igniter portion is slid downwardly so that its bottom face is in the same horizontal plane as the lowest portion of the base I3, the combination A may be disposed upon a flat support and will not be inclined to tip over.

Various changes may be made to the form of the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a combined tobacco pipe and tobacco igniter, a pipe portion including a bowl having an outer surface, a tobacco chamber, a pipe stem, said stem provided with an opening to said chamber, a'chamber mouth'and an ignition passageway extending from said outer surface to said chamber and disposed below said mouth and above said opening, said passageway having an outer mouth; and an igniter portion, including a housing; retaining means carried by said bowl and said housing slidably mounting said housing upon said bowl; dual-function means releasably retaining said housing against accidental movement with respect to said bowl and covering the outer mouth of said passageway, when said housing is in one slidable position, and uncovering said outer mouth when said housing is in another slidable position, and means to start a fire when said housing is in the last-named position with said fire substantially'within the plane of said passageway, whereby when said fire isprojected through said passageway and into said chamber it will ignite tobacco within said chamber.

2. In a combined tobacco pipe and tobacco igniter, as defined in claim 1, in which said dualfunction means includes a member of resilient metal carried by saidhousing and provided with an outwardly convex lug constructed and arranged to selectively ride into and out of said outer mouth upon selective sliding of said housing with respect to said bowl.

3. In a combined tobacco pipe and tobacco igniter, as defined in claim 1, in which said retaining means includes a pair of tongues provided with slots, said tongues extending outwardly from said housing, and said retaining means also including the walls of a pair of complementary slots, extending into said bowl from said outer surface, and in which said dual-function means includes a member of resilient metal carried by said housing, provided with an outwardly convex lug constructed and arranged to selectively ride into and out of said outer mouth upon selective manual sliding of said housing with respect to said bowl, and said member of resilient metal also being provided with a pair of projections extending into the slots of said tongues.

4. In a combined tobacco, pipe and tobacco igniter, as defined in claim 1, in which said retaining means includes a pair of tongues provided with slots, said tongues diverging outwardly from and extending longitudinally of said housing, and said retaining means also including the walls of a pair of complementary slots, diverging into said bowl from said outer surface and extending longitudinally of said bowl, and in which said dualrespect to said bowl, and said member of resilient metal carried by said housing, provided with an outwardly convex lug constructed and arranged to selectively ride into and out of said outer mouth upon selective manual sliding of said housing with respect to said bowl, and said members of resilient metal also being provided with a pair of projections extending into the slots of said tongues.

MORRIS J. GREENBLATT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,276,751 Gilbert Aug. 27, 1918 1,845,340 Woller Feb. 16, 1932 1,855,524 Martini Apr. 26, 1932 2,156,171 Bernard Apr. 25, 1939 2,229,243 Fuhrmann et al Jan. 21, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 184,864 Great Britain Aug. 21, 1922 

